Domestic boiler.



No. 688,669. Patented Dec. l0, 190i.

T. F. MGEVILLY.

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Application filed July 20, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES THOMAS F. MOEVILLY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR OFONF- HALF TO JOHN F. MALLOY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

DOMESTIC BOILER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,669, dated December10, 1901.

Application filed July 20, 1901.

To ctZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. MOEVILLY, of Wilmington, in the county ofN ewcastle and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Domestic Boilers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to domestic boilers.

The objects of the invention are, first, to provide means whereby thearticles cooked may be thoroughly strained before removal from the potand without danger of scalding the operator; secondly, to provide simpleand efficient means whereby articles of dififerent kinds may be cookedsimultaneously in one boiler, and, thirdly, to provide means for thepurposes stated which will be applicable to boilers already in use.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the inner vessels in their raised position in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective, showing the inner vessel locked in itsraised position, the boiler and inner pot being omitted.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary domestic'boiler ofany suitable ware, having a handle 2 and ears 3.

4 is a ring fitted on the upper edge of the boiler, and 5 two oppositedepending slotted plates for engaging ears 3 to prevent axial turning ofthe ring and yet permit of the easy removal thereof.

6 designates an inside pot or vessel formed with a foraminous bottom 7and a bead 8 on its upper edge, designed to rest upon ring 4 when thepot is lowered. This pot is formed at diametrically opposite points withoutwardly-projecting guides 9, which are designed to fit in slots 10 ofring l. Also surrounding pot 6 is a horizontal flange 12, located infixed relation to guides 9, so as to leave spaces between the latter andthe flange sufficient to accommodate ring 4.. The upward verticalmovement of pot 6 is limited by flange 12 acting as a stop upon engagingring Serial No. 69.039. (No modeLl 4, whereupon by turning the potaxially the lower ends of guides 9 will be brought above ring 4 to oneside or the other of slots 10, such axial movement being limited by lugs13. \Vhen thus elevated and looked, all liquid within pot 6 can drainback into boiler 1.

Within pot 6 is a second pot or vessel 14, also formed with a foraminousbottom 15, which rests upon lugs 16, projecting inwardly from pot 6.Articles placed within pot 1411121.) be cooked simultaneously with thecooking of those within pot 6, and when the latter is raised, as beforedescribed, liquid or moisture Within pot 14 will also be free to draintherefrom.

17 is the cover for the boiler and pots. It is equipped with afork-opening closed by a disk 18 and also with a central axially-movablehandle 19, to which is secured a transversely-arranged rod 20. This rodat its ends is bent to engage the hooked or overhanging ends of shortposts 21, extending upwardly from pot 6 through slots 22 of the cover.The space between adjacent posts is such that when the cover is firstpositioned the rod will pass freely between the posts, and then byturning the handle axially such rod will engage diagonally oppositeposts. When thus engaged, the pets 6 and 14 may be elevated along withthe cover by grasping handle 19.

The advantages of my invention are appar-- ent. It will be especiallyobserved that two articlesof food may be cooked simultaneously and thatwhen the cooking is completed all water Within the pots may be drainedback into the boiler by holding the former elevated and locked in place.

, A further advantage resides in the fact that while the draining istaking place the contents of the two pots will be kept warm by the heatarising from the boiler.

Another and highly important advantage is that the improvements call forno change in the construction of the boiler and may be applied to suchas are now in use, the added features being entirely removable bydisengaging the slotted plates 5 from ears 3.

I claim as my iuvention- 1. The combination with the boiler,of the ringsupported thereby having slots,a pot designed to rest on said ring whenin its lowered position, guides on the outside of the pot working insaid slots, a second pot having a foraminous portion and located withinand supported by the former pot, and stops on the exterior of thefirstmentioned pot, adjacent to the lower ends of the guides, forengaging the under side of the ring when the lower ends of the guidesare above the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a boiler, of a pot or vessel located thereinhaving a foraminous portion, vertical guides secured to such pot, a ringremovably secured to the boiler forming a support for the pot'in itslowered and raised positions, said 'ring'havi'ng slots therein for saidguides, andan annular plate surrounding the pot just below the lowerends of the guides for engaging the under side of the ring as the lowerends of the guides are above the latter, and lugs on said ring forlimiting the axial movement of the pot when the guides are in thelast-mentioned position,

substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the boiler, of the ring resting thereon, meansfor holding such ring as against axial turning, said ring having innerslots, the pot having vertical guides fitted in said slots and means onthe exterior of the pot, near the lower ends of the guides, for engagingthe under side of the ring when the pot is elevated and turned axiallywith the guides resting on the ring, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the boiler, having bail-ears, of the ring havingslotted plates for engaging said ears, said ring resting on the boilerand also having inner slots, the pot having vertical guides fitted insaid slots and means on the exterior of the pot, near the lower ends ofthe guides, for engaging the under side of the ring when the pot iselevated and turned axially with the guides resting onthe ring,substantially as set forth.

5. y The combination with the pot having upwardly-extended hooksarranged in pairs, of the cover having opposite slots to accommodatesuch hooks, t-he centrally-arranged piv oted handle, and the cross-rodsecured thereto designed to fit between the hooks of each pair of booksand engage diagonally opposite hooks by the axial turning of the handle,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS F. MOEVILLY.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS J. BYRNE, WM. J. BYRNE.

